Depressing / Introspective rap songs

fortuna · Post by **fortuna** » Wed Dec 14, 2011 11:14 am

Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five - The Message
Outkast - Da Art Of Storytelling (1)
A Tribe Called Quest - 8 Million Stories
Lost Boyz - Renee
BIG - Suicidal Thoughts
BIG - Everyday struggle
Diamond D & The Psychotic Neurotics - Sally Got a One Track Mind

DJCommunist · Post by **DJCommunist** » Wed Dec 14, 2011 12:29 pm

dmx- born loser
mr mf'in exquire- weight of water

dilla7 · Post by **dilla7** » Thu Dec 15, 2011 2:47 am

Styles P Feat Pharoahe Monche The Life
Wu Tang Clan America
Pharoahe Monche Queens
Brand Nubian Time Is Running Out
Black Rob By A Stranger
Big Pun feat Next Sex Money and Drugs
AZ Time Feat Nas and Nature
MC Lyte. Bahamadia. Nonchalant and Yo-Yo Keep On Pushin
Gang Starr In This Life feat Snoop Dogg
DJ Krush Only The Strong Survive
Trick Daddy Thug Niggas Dont Live That Long
Nate Dogg The Hardest Man In Town
Raekwon Ghostface Killah Cold Outside
Masta Ace Hellbound H&H Remix Feat Eminem and J Black
Natural Elements Paper Chase Part 2
Nas One on One
Rza Verse On Gravediggaz Whats Goin On
Ghostface Killah In The Rain

bignormy · Post by **bignormy** » Thu Dec 15, 2011 4:42 am

Best is I am I be.

Rip whoever songs are too easy an answer

clark bent · Post by **clark bent** » Wed Dec 21, 2011 9:47 am

'whats up fatlip' is one of the all time most excruciatingly painful and honest introspectives of any musical genre

The Afronaut · Post by **The Afronaut** » Wed Dec 21, 2011 11:28 am

clark bent wrote:'whats up fatlip' is one of the all time most excruciatingly painful and honest introspectives of any musical genre

Word. And somehow the video made it even more so.

Verge · Post by **Verge** » Wed Dec 21, 2011 10:23 pm

The Afronaut wrote:
clark bent wrote:'whats up fatlip' is one of the all time most excruciatingly painful and honest introspectives of any musical genre
Word. And somehow the video made it even more so.

good call, i completely forgot about that shit for years, thanks.
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The Afronaut · Post by **The Afronaut** » Wed Dec 21, 2011 10:48 pm

^^^I hadnt seen it in years myself. Its kinda weird looking at it today.

Things have changed so much that I can see the humor in it and it isnt as depressing, but I remember at the time of its release, just the song thematically, the lo-fi production of the video, the fact that nobody'd seen FL in a minute and this is how he pops back up...yeah I purposely avoided watching that vid or listening to the song for a quite some time.

clark bent · Post by **clark bent** » Thu Dec 22, 2011 4:51 pm

no humor in being a homeless crackhead

chiefbombpro · Post by **chiefbombpro** » Thu Dec 22, 2011 5:30 pm

The Last Emperor - Charlie
Ghostface Killah - All That I Got Is You
Gang Starr - In Memory Of
Goodie Mob - Guess Who
Wu-Tang - America
OutKast - Liberation
Eightball - My Homeboys Girlfriend
Geto Boys - The World Is a Ghetto
Buff1 - Moving Along
Slum V - Reunion
Blu & Exile - Dancing In The Rain
Encore - .084
Nate Dogg - One More Day
The Pharcyde - Moment In Time
Richie Rich - Do G's Get To Go To Heaven
Spice 1 - Welcome To The Ghetto

chiefbombpro · Post by **chiefbombpro** » Thu Dec 22, 2011 5:35 pm

Also, cosign most of the stuff already posted. Didn't want to duplicate anything.

The Afronaut · Post by **The Afronaut** » Thu Dec 22, 2011 5:59 pm

clark bent wrote:no humor in being a homeless crackhead

Agreed, of course. Was just saying obviously FatLip and Jonze were going for some elements of humor in the video and being 12 years removed from it, I can chuckle a lot more than I did upon my initial viewing.

shadowmaster · Post by **shadowmaster** » Fri Dec 23, 2011 12:09 am

Couldn't check the youtube links so I dunno if these were mentioned, but Black Rob's Life Story (is that the title?) is sad as hell, plus maybe Teflon's Game of Life.

chiefbombpro · Post by **chiefbombpro** » Fri Dec 23, 2011 12:22 am

Nine - Make Or Take (w/Smoothe Da Hustler)

shadowmaster · Post by **shadowmaster** » Fri Dec 23, 2011 4:13 am

I wouldn't class that Nine track as depressing, has more of a desperation vibe. Do or die / make or take. Always loved the beat but most of his lyrics are disappointing on the track, the hook probably makes it.

Verge · Post by **Verge** » Sat Dec 24, 2011 8:48 pm

shadowmaster wrote:Couldn't check the youtube links so I dunno if these were mentioned, but Black Rob's Life Story (is that the title?) is sad as hell, plus maybe Teflon's Game of Life.

That joint's cool but do you mean "Permanent Scars"? I can't find it on youtube but it was on philas "greatest 100 obscure tracks" from a while back.
Here's an untagged version:
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Anyone know the sample for that? I heard some girl from my job playing it in her car, sounded like some 90's RnB.
more info on the BR track here..
http://www.theundergroundcomeup.com/200 ... f-100.html

Verge · Post by **Verge** » Sat Dec 24, 2011 11:33 pm

Verge wrote:
shadowmaster wrote:Couldn't check the youtube links so I dunno if these were mentioned, but Black Rob's Life Story (is that the title?) is sad as hell, plus maybe Teflon's Game of Life.
That joint's cool but do you mean "Permanent Scars"? I can't find it on youtube but it was on philas "greatest 100 obscure tracks" from a while back.
Here's an untagged version:
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Anyone know the sample for that? I heard some girl from my job playing it in her car, sounded like some 90's RnB.
more info on the BR track here..
http://www.theundergroundcomeup.com/200 ... f-100.html

that's weird that step one posted this song at his blog earlier today before i posted it here, i just noticed now on my blog reader:
http://djstepone.blogspot.com/2011/12/b ... -2004.html

Thun · Post by **Thun** » Sun Dec 25, 2011 12:08 am

Verge wrote:
shadowmaster wrote:Couldn't check the youtube links so I dunno if these were mentioned, but Black Rob's Life Story (is that the title?) is sad as hell, plus maybe Teflon's Game of Life.
That joint's cool but do you mean "Permanent Scars"? I can't find it on youtube but it was on philas "greatest 100 obscure tracks" from a while back.
Here's an untagged version:
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Anyone know the sample for that? I heard some girl from my job playing it in her car, sounded like some 90's RnB.
more info on the BR track here..
http://www.theundergroundcomeup.com/200 ... f-100.html

Verge · Post by **Verge** » Sun Dec 25, 2011 12:21 am

oh nice, thanks!

shadowmaster · Post by **shadowmaster** » Sun Dec 25, 2011 12:26 am

Verge wrote:
shadowmaster wrote:Couldn't check the youtube links so I dunno if these were mentioned, but Black Rob's Life Story (is that the title?) is sad as hell, plus maybe Teflon's Game of Life.
That joint's cool but do you mean "Permanent Scars"? I can't find it on youtube but it was on philas "greatest 100 obscure tracks" from a while back.
Here's an untagged version:
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Anyone know the sample for that? I heard some girl from my job playing it in her car, sounded like some 90's RnB.
more info on the BR track here..
http://www.theundergroundcomeup.com/200 ... f-100.html

Nah, I meant the Black Rob 'Life Story' track, did I get the name wrong? It's the one with the Roy Ayers Sensitize sample, if I'm right-the one O.C.'s Hypocrite track sampled. For some reason that Black Rob track is sad as fuck.

Verge · Post by **Verge** » Sun Dec 25, 2011 12:30 am

shadowmaster wrote:
Verge wrote:
shadowmaster wrote:Couldn't check the youtube links so I dunno if these were mentioned, but Black Rob's Life Story (is that the title?) is sad as hell, plus maybe Teflon's Game of Life.
That joint's cool but do you mean "Permanent Scars"? I can't find it on youtube but it was on philas "greatest 100 obscure tracks" from a while back.
Here's an untagged version:
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Anyone know the sample for that? I heard some girl from my job playing it in her car, sounded like some 90's RnB.
more info on the BR track here..
http://www.theundergroundcomeup.com/200 ... f-100.html

Nah, I meant the Black Rob 'Life Story' track, did I get the name wrong? It's the one with the Roy Ayers Sensitize sample, if I'm right-the one O.C.'s Hypocrite track sampled. For some reason that Black Rob track is sad as fuck.

nah you're right, i'm an idiot, hah:
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thablend · Post by **thablend** » Thu Mar 15, 2012 6:20 pm

Not so much the vocal content but the loop is pure despair

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yTvy3dgSAE

Verge · Post by **Verge** » Thu Mar 15, 2012 6:49 pm

thablend wrote:Not so much the vocal content but the loop is pure despair

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yTvy3dgSAE

yeah, thinkin about it, a lot of their beats were dark/depressing:
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introspective? the beat is more inspirational than depressing tho:
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Norwegian · Post by **Norwegian** » Fri Mar 16, 2012 2:05 am

Don't think it's been mentioned, but Geto Boys' "Six Feet Deep" sticks out to me.

Sucka Ducka · Post by **Sucka Ducka** » Sat Mar 17, 2012 7:04 am

Did anyone ever put together a zip of these tracks? If so I'd like to get a copy.

step one · Post by **step one** » Sat Mar 17, 2012 9:45 am

Hacksaw Jim Thuggin wrote:Did anyone ever put together a zip of these tracks? If so I'd like to get a copy.

i started the thread with the intention of putting together a mix but hearing an hour + of this stuff is too much!

Tical Swords · Post by **Tical Swords** » Mon Mar 19, 2012 5:33 am

Slug of Atmosphere has a lot of these songs.

But yo I've never heard anyone put more emotion into the mic than DMX or Ghostface. You can feel it.

CrabOne · Post by **CrabOne** » Mon Mar 19, 2012 9:06 am

I don't no what you mean about introspective songs but here is a list in the line of yours :

Moutain Brothers - Paperchase
K-Mack - Spot Frontin' Mc's
The Nonce - Live & Direct
DJ Strictnine & Paranorm - Psychological Profiles
B.I.G. - Party & Bullshit
T-Cole - Chi-Town
Pesky Varmints - Peskaton
Blaque Spurm - Dayz & Dayz
Persevere - 4EVER
Urban Beatnics - Smoke Filled Room
Hyenas in the Desert - Can you fell it part 3
Aarophat - The Calm
Kavasci C.i - Isreal
Encore - Defined by The Dollar
Alps Cru - Just can't explain
Gauge - Miss you man
Example - Recollect
Polecat - Make the Paper
Sparrow - Rhyme impotence

IKH5150 · Post by **IKH5150** » Mon Mar 19, 2012 8:10 pm

vaporized2 wrote:MF Grimm - Scars & Memories, and Bloody Love Letter

Scars & Memories is just plain heartbreaking....and one of my all time favs.

Verge · Post by **Verge** » Mon Mar 19, 2012 11:03 pm

IKH5150 wrote:
vaporized2 wrote:MF Grimm - Scars & Memories, and Bloody Love Letter
Scars & Memories is just plain heartbreaking....and one of my all time favs.

it would be on my top 20 goat list for sure if i ever made one, which i wouldn't.

can someone think of a song that would be an appropriate contender to it in a vote type thread?